Evelyn Georgianna Sears (March 9, 1875 – November 10, 1966) was an American tennis player at the beginning of the 20th century.
In 1907, she won the
U.S. National Championship women's singles title, after beating
Carrie Neely
Carrie Neely (January 24, 1876 – November 29, 1938) was an American tennis player from the beginning of the 20th century.
Biography
Carrie Neely was educated at the Dearborn Seminary, Chicago.
Tennis career
In 1907, she reached the women's ...
6–3, 6–2 in the All-Comers final and the default of reigning champion
Helen Homans
Helen Houston Homans McLean (February 8, 1877 – March 29, 1949) was an American tennis champion.
Career
Homans won the women's doubles title at the 1905 U.S. National Championship and the singles title the next year.
Homans played mixed doubl ...
in the Challenge Round. She also won the women's doubles title in 1908 with
Margaret Curtis
Margaret Curtis (October 8, 1883 – December 24, 1965) was an American golf and tennis champion and lifelong social worker.
From the Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts area, she was the youngest of ten children. Her father was a colonel i ...
, beating Carrie Neely and
Miriam Steever
Marian "Miriam" Steever of Chicago, Illinois, was an amateur tennis player in the early part of the 20th century.
Steever paired with Carrie Neely to reach the doubles final at the 1908 U.S. National Championships (now known as the U.S. Open). S ...
, 6–3, 5–7, 9–7.
Grand slam history
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She was a cousin of the seven times winner of the men's singles title at the U.S. National Championship Richard Sears Richard Sears may refer to:
* Richard Warren Sears (1863–1914), founder of Sears, Roebuck and Co.
* Richard Sears (pilgrim) (1595–1676), early settler of Yarmouth, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
*Richard Sears (tennis)
Richard Dudley Sears (Octobe ...
.
Grand Slam finals
Singles (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Doubles (1 title)
References
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United States National champions (tennis)
1875 births
1966 deaths
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's singles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles
American female tennis players
Tennis people from Massachusetts